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type: "Bill"
title: "Protection and advocacy agency."
description: "Existing law prescribes, in accordance with federal law, the powers of the protection and advocacy agency, which is a private, nonprofit corporation, charged with protecting and advocating for the rights of persons with developmental disabilities and mental disorders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 398"
citation: "California SB 398 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Protection and advocacy agency."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Durazo"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-20"
last_action: "2019-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54294d44-6fd5-480c-a693-2d968cfe8a1d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB398"
source_hash: "d9d0120fd9effb7de1e9e1a9dcd9febb4c046f0014b52b24ca6ef5e7ef0e275a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---
# California SB 398 (20192020) — Protection and advocacy agency.
Existing law prescribes, in accordance with federal law, the powers of the protection and advocacy agency, which is a private, nonprofit corporation, charged with protecting and advocating for the rights of persons with developmental disabilities and mental disorders.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/20/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB398&version=20190SB39899INT)
2. **05/21/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB398&version=20190SB39898AMD)
3. **07/01/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB398&version=20190SB39897AMD)
4. **08/30/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB398&version=20190SB39896AMD)
5. **10/07/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB398&version=20190SB39894CHP)
6. **SB398** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB398)
7. **09/12/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB398&version=20190SB39895ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **80** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **90** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB398 Durazo et al. Concurrence — **400** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **120** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **60** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB398 Durazo et al. — **380** (pass) · upper
- SB 398 Durazo Senate Third Reading By Reyes — **790** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Durazo — primary (person)
- Archuleta — coauthor (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)
- Monning — coauthor (person)
- Reyes — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-20** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Set for hearing April 8.
- **2019-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 621.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-12** Set for hearing April 30.
- **2019-05-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 906.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-21** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-21** Ordered to second reading.
- **2019-05-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1332.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-28** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-06** Referred to Coms. on HUM. S. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-27** From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-07-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-07-02** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-07-05** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Bonta.
- **2019-07-05** Ordered to third reading.
- **2019-08-30** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-08-30** Ordered to third reading.
- **2019-09-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3170.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-09** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2019-09-10** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2019-09-10** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2786.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2019-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 548, Statutes of 2019.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54294d44-6fd5-480c-a693-2d968cfe8a1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).